From $70K to food bank, one family’s struggle By Thelma Gutierrez and Wayne Drash CNN ALTADENA, California (CNN) – When she was laid off in February, Patricia Guerrero was making $70,000 a year. Weeks later, with bills piling up and in need of food for her family, this middle-class mother did something she never thought [...]
Archive for April 6th, 2008
6 Apr
Campaign.USA
Campaign.USA With the Internet Comes a New Political ‘Clickocracy’ » Links to this article By Jose Antonio Vargas Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, April 1, 2008; Page C01 We saw it coming. Just as MySpace and Facebook change the way we communicate, just as YouTube alters the way we entertain ourselves, just as eBay [...]
6 Apr
Bush makes trouble in Kiev
aGLOBE EDITORIAL Bush makes trouble in Kiev April 2, 2008 AS PRESIDENT BUSH’S second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor. Yet that is exactly what he was doing yesterday in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. In an appearance alongside that country’s pro-Western President Viktor Yushchenko, Bush [...]
6 Apr
Who really pays for health care?
Who really pays for health care? By Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Victor R. Fuchs Chicago Tribune, March 27, 2008 Who really pays for health care in the United States? Americans believe employers pay the bulk of workers’ premiums, government pays for Medicare, Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program and individuals [...]
6 Apr
How they vote in the United Nations:
How they vote in the United Nations: Below are the actual voting records of various Arabic/Islamic States which are recorded in both the US State Department and United Nations records:
6 Apr
An Unfamiliar (Economic) Game
The American Prospect An Unfamiliar (Economic) Game Wall Street has become addicted to taking enormous risks and sticking taxpayers with the bill. As a result, financial panics are causing real recessions and returning us to the 19th century. HOWARD GLECKMAN | April 3, 2008 | web only When a young Jack Nicklaus won the 1965 Master’s [...]
6 Apr
The Future of Entitlements
The Future of Entitlements A novel idea for an old problem: Force politicians to stop ducking. Sunday, April 6, 2008; Page B06 The Washington Post, Editorial THE FEDERAL budget is on an autopilot course to ruin. Spending on the three big entitlement programs — Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid — grows automatically, consuming a large [...]
6 Apr
The Future of Entitlements
The Future of Entitlements A novel idea for an old problem: Force politicians to stop ducking. Sunday, April 6, 2008; Page B06 The Washington Post, Editorial THE FEDERAL budget is on an autopilot course to ruin. Spending on the three big entitlement programs — Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid — grows automatically, consuming a large [...]
6 Apr
Counterterrorism, Laws and the Constitution
Counterterrorism, Laws and the Constitution Sunday, April 6, 2008; Page A03 The Washington Post Oct. 23, 2001 An Office of Legal Counsel memo titled “Re Authority for Use of Military Force to Combat Terrorist Activities Within the United States” states that domestic military operations involving terrorism are not regulated by the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment, which [...]
6 Apr
Iraq Report Details Political Hurdles and Future Options
Iraq Report Details Political Hurdles and Future Options By Robin Wright Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, April 6, 2008; Page A21 A new assessment of U.S. policy in Iraq by the same experts who advised the original Iraq Study Group concludes that political progress is “so slow, halting and superficial” and political fragmentation “so pronounced” [...]
